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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[July 22,, 



he said a very considerable progress towards I be the best application for poison b)' ivy. An 



fructification must have been made during the 

 transit from the Cape of Good Hope, hither, by 

 the rising of the sap within the specimen." 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1825. 



CLOSE OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 



The present number terminates the third vol- 

 ume of the New England Farmer, and with the 

 next we shall commence the fourth with renew- 

 eti exertions and fresh hopes of making our 

 publication useful, as well as acceptable to all 

 who are concerned or feel an interest in the 

 agricultural prosperity of our country. We are 

 highly gratified in perceiving that our labors in 

 the great cause to which our paper is devoted, 

 have met with so general approbation ; and are 

 much flallered by the official recommendations 

 of the New England Farmer, by a number of 

 Agricultural Societies in New England and No- 

 va Scotia. We shall omit no edort nor means to 

 continue to merit the good opinion of those So- 

 cieties ; and lo secure a more extensive patron- 

 age of an enlightened public, founded on the 

 broad and stable basis of acknowledged utility, 

 and unremitting exertion to make our paper 

 worthy of public patronage. 



We would here beg leave to apologize for not 

 having yet fulfilled a promise whic^ we made 

 at the close of the 2d vol. of our paper, viz. " to 

 give a series of numbers on the management 

 and diseases of Horses, Sheep, and Swine, prin- 

 cipally extracted and abridged from authors of 

 approved credit and standard authority." Our 

 excuse is, we have not yet been able to com- 

 plete a collection of authorities, according to cheapest and best way to effect this, istodiplhe 

 our anticipations at the time we intimated ouri'''™^* '" ^ decoction of tobacco. The bimbs 

 intention. We have, however, succeeded in f °"''"'^ seized by the legs and dipped info a 

 rvort r,„A K„ /■ • J ' '^Tsre ti]b of the decoction, with their backs 



part, and hare a fair prospect of eventually Ail- downwards, taking «are to wet every part of the 

 filling our engagements; which, though not . tloece, and keep their noses out of the liquor, 

 completed wjlhin the time originally specified. After the fleece is thoroughly wet, drain and 

 will be the better executed in consequence of ''1"<^^^'^ "*' much of the decoction in(o the tub 

 (Iip (IoIt,, .„i,;„u 11 • ■ , I as you can cotivciuently, to prevent waste '^ ' 



uie delay, which will give us more tima tocol- ■ - - ■ 



other remedy, which has been frequently re 

 commended, is to hold the part affected as neai 

 the fire as can well be endured for 20 or 30 

 minutes. This remedy, however, should be ap- 

 plied during the first 24 hours after the poison 

 has begun to operate. Soft soap and cold wa- 

 ter is likewise said to be a good application. — 

 See New-England Farmer vol, U. pages 6, 48, 

 58, 411. 



Poison by Dogwood. — The poison of dogwood 

 is said to be of an alkaline nature, and of course 

 its best remedy would seem to be something of 

 an acid nature. Mr Dixon (see New-England 

 Farmer, vol. II. page 154)says " Let the person 

 afflicted wash the affected parts in a solution of 

 miphate of ircn [copperas] in water, one ounce 

 of the former to one gill of the latter, as often 

 as 12 or 16 limes in the course of a day, and a 

 cure will be effected in two days. I would cau- 

 tion the public against using an alkali as a rem- 

 edy, for I have seen pearlash administered more 

 than seven years since, and its application was 

 attended with disagreeable consequences." 



A medical gentleman of our acquaintance as- 

 sures us that a decoction of hemlock bark will 

 cure the poison of dogwood. Likewise he says 

 bathing the part afflicted with new rum is an 

 efiBcacious remedy against this poison. 



Remedies for the Stings of Bees. — The applica- 

 tion of laudanum gives immediate relief, and a 

 strong solution of salt in water is also recom- 

 mended. It has been observed that bathing the 

 part in brandy has a good effect. Sweet oil is 

 al.so said to answer the same purposa. Care 

 should be taken, however in the first place lo 

 extract the sting of the bee with a steady hand, 

 for if any part of it breaks in, remedies will be 

 much less effectual than they would otherwise 

 prove. 



Ticks in Lambs. — After sheap are sheared, the 

 ticks make their head quarters in the fleeces of 

 lambs, in which they should be attacked and ex- 

 tirpated. An agricultural friend says that the 



coztaMUNzcATiozrs. 



A pair of horses of (be Yorkshire Cleaveland 

 Bays, presented some lime since to the Massa- 

 chusetts Society for promoting Agriculture, bj 

 that munificent patron of the agricultural inler- 

 «st of his native stale, admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, 

 laving arrived in fine order, accompanied by ao 

 jttentiye groom, the whole costs being defrayed 

 I|y the very liberal donor, without any expense 

 tb the Massachusetts Society for promoting Ag- 

 riculture — 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held 

 on Tuesday I9lh of .Inly 1825 — 



Voted, That the thanks of ihc Eoard be pre- 

 sented to the gentlemen proprietors of the Liv- 

 erpool Packet Ships, for the promptness with 

 «hich they offered to bring the horses tree of 

 freight, from Liverpool, and for the attention 

 aiid accommodation given until ihey were safely 

 landed in Boston. 



Voted, that the thanks of the Board be given 

 tj) J. Calle.nder, Esq. commander of the Topaz, 

 for his cooperMtion with the owners in aiding 

 the objects of the Soriety, in rereiving the hors- 

 es at Liverjiool, and delivering ihem safely and 

 free of any expense in Boston. 

 From the Fieoords, 



BENJ. GUILD, .'hsist. Rec. Sec. 



laltf, compare, connect and systematize the in- 

 formation which we have obtained and have a 

 prospect of obtaining from new European works 

 on this important branch of rural economy. 



We have published a list of agents on our last 

 P«ge. It is possible we have omitted the names 

 of some who have heretofore assisted us. Ageiils 

 are desired to transmit any sums, with the names 

 to whom they are to be credited, as soon as 

 convenient. Subscribers will recollect that by 

 paying in advance, they save fifty cents, accord- 

 ing lo the terms of the paper. 



ARRACHACA. 

 The following letter has been received by the 

 Editors ol Ihe N. Y. Statesman, in reply to our 

 query (N. E. Farmer, July 8) which query was 

 republished in the N. Y. Statesman ; 

 To the Editors of the Statesman. 



Gentlemen — In reply lo the article in your 

 paper of last evening, from Ihe New England 

 Farmer, I am happy to irilorui you, ihil plants 

 of Ihe Arrachaca or South American P<tatop, are 

 Poison b>j Ivy. — The poison of i-vy is said to ;,i,ve and in a nourishing stale, in the g.irden of 

 be of an acid nature, and alkalies arc recom- Michael Floy, nursery tiian of this cilv, and ev- 

 mended as antidotes against it. Lime water, ery exertion will be made to discover its habits 

 He, obtained from wood ashes, or weak solu- and proper mode of culture for general use as 

 tions of pearl ash or pot ash will of course soon as it can bs sufficiently multiplied. 



Our 

 informant assures us that this is a more effectual 

 method of gettiig rid of the insects than using 

 snuff, or applying the tobacco liquid along the 

 line of the back by a ladle or otherwise, as has 

 been the common practice. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE .NEW E.NGLAND FARJIER. 



I must rely upon you, my dear Mr Editor, for 

 a little aid in n very desirable object ; to whom 

 else could 1 turn of so caustic wit with such pro- 

 found knowledge ? 



A few years at;", tired of the city and fired 

 with iigricultural eulhiisiasm, 1 purchased a lit- 

 tle spot in Brookline — the very Eden of New 

 England — subscribed for the Farmer, and with 

 a fine viyw, beallby breezes, and fruit enough 

 for my friends and ihe birds, I really began lo 

 have some enjoyment. But latterly an evil has 

 (arisen under the sun, which should never arise 

 i but at midnight. What the city requires lo be 

 ^ done ivilli care, and caution, and ai night, the 

 ] counlry does not regulate ; and when 1 scent 

 j Ihe morning gale, or go forth for an evening's 

 j musing, verily the air is so pestiferous, thatthe 

 very birds refuse to sing ; and I am obliged to 

 hold my tongue (and my nose) instead of enjoy- 

 ing with my frii:nds ihe beauties of nature, — so 

 luxuriant and delightful all around me. This 

 is no exagger.'ition. It is positively true, at tin)es, 

 that we are obliged to close our windows in the 

 country, under the suffering of a n:imeles« nuis- 

 ance, as certainly as Ihe leiianls of the houses 

 in the city, who yield us this rich indulgence, 

 close theirs at its removal. I would not inter- 

 fere with the farmer's profit; I would not be so 

 indelicate in objecting to what others take de- 

 light in ; but I do hope that you, as a farmer and 

 a |rliilaiilhrf)pist, a philosopher and a fr.end lo 

 improvement, will be so obliging as lo set your 

 wils to work, for some chemical compound, 

 which shall save our senses while ihis work is 

 .-roing on ; and if no such remedy exist, a| ply lo 

 Ihe very head of the heart of ihe comn>onweallh 

 foi some wholesome regulations for the countrj 

 as well as the city, ia llie mean time, lo ihe ' 

 few who shamelessly infest the road side, you 

 might gi\e a Terrible Troct ormion, or some 

 otirer oration ; and make them ashamed of lbs 

 profusencss with which they po.son the air 



